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Show n8av!s A4 Viewpoint CLIPPER TODAY A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999 those who know their own states wildlife needs. They will make the Santa's Helpers needed to help deserving children once again Ttenew paranoia With the breezes of autumn still unseasonably warm, its almost hard to imagine that the Christmas season hits full stride in just about three weeks. With all the joy of the Christmas season for most folks in Davis County, its also a pretty tough time for thousands of others. The ones we are talking about are those for whom the season becomes a time of anguish as they worry about how they will provide a Christmas for their kids. In our experience in years past, these people tend to be single parents, those who have been suffering from debilitating illnesses or families where someone is unemployed. Despite the county's overall affluence, there are many still struggling to make ends meet. And their plight is distressingly real. We've also noted in past years how many wonderful Davis County residents have expressed concern for others during the Christmas season. They've been willing to give of their substance to help make sure that needy children do not go without. A good many of those who have volunteered to help in past years have been people of average means, but with large hearts. It has been clear that some have been stretching to be able to include a few more children under their figurative Christmas trees. But it is also clear in talking to them that they possess great concern for others. We commend those who have made the commitment to share during the past Christmas seasons. We honor their commitment and goodness, thanking them for their generosity. At the same time, we are asking the residents of Davis County to once again open their hearts and take part in the Qipper's annual Santa's Helpers program. We have already received calls from a number of families anxious about the upcoming season. Many w'on't have much of a Christmas without the help of their Davis County neighbors. If you can find it in your means to help someone this Christmas, we urge you to call us at and tell our receptionists that like in the Santa's to take part you'd Helpers program. We'll help you find a family to share your holiday joys with. To us, you'll be a Santa's Helper. But to those you help, you'll truly be a Christmas angel. 295-225- 1 the night with Clipper's Electric Light Parades Help light up While we're on the general subject of the Christmas season, we'd like to ask the residents of Davis County to help make the season bright (literally) for all the children of the county. And that's by participating in the Clipper Electric Light Parades coming near the end of this month. In North Davis, the Clipper Today, the North Davis Chamber of Commerce and the Kaysville Chamber of Commerce plus cities, have been working police departments and volunteers of all sorts behind the scenes for months to make this year's parade a success. The same can be said in South Davis. But we'd like to remind church choirs of all sizes and denominations to take part. We need their music and cheer. We'd like to ask businesses not to forget to take a little time and place an entry in the parade. Their support in years past has made a huge difference. We also request that civic groups, schools, city officials, youth councils and others take a little time to have fun while participating in these parades. In South Davis, the parade takes place in Bountiful on Friday. Nov. 26, beginning at 7 p.m. In North Davis, the parade begins in Kaysville at 6 p.m. Nov. 29 and starts again in Clearfield at 7:15 p.m. For those of you mentioned above, we hope you'll help us light up the night again this season. And for all the residents of the area, we hope you'll come on down and enjoy the traditional kick-of- f of the Christmas season here in Davis County. The parades are always a magical w'ay to start the holiday season. They are works of beauty that children of all ages will cherish as treasured memories of the Christmas season. In politics... mental impact from off shore drilling and oil exploration. They will provide funding for percent of wildlife funding goes toward only 10 percent of wildlife species, those that are hunted). These bills are currently facing a variety of unnecessary restrictions that would limit these funds, and legislators must be careful to pass them without using language that would create new incentives for off shore drilling. This landmark legislation may be the most important conservation write or measure of this century call your representatives and senators and encourage them to vote for fully funding The Land and Water Conservation fund. Gwendolyn H. Lee Taylor, Utah Some things are simply worthless The anchovie does is views expressed in this column are the opinion of the writer and not nec- perform great damage to the pizza, the world's greatest culinary achieve- ment. essarily those of the ownership or man- agement of this newspaper. I wedding dress or Pat letting Buchanan come walked into a bank lobby last week and was immediately harangued by a staff member who disagreed with my support of the Legacy Highway. She didn't call me a neanderthal, but she did pointedly remark that I should not kill creatures and organisms for the express purpose of laying asphalt. "We live in an ecosystem in which we should value all entities, she said. Your statement that the Sierra Club should value humans over the life of a slug is shallow. We should not wipe out a species simply so human beings can drive faster. Do you really think some things are worthless? Yes, I said. Rap music immeSo do fruit comes mind. to diately No, limit yourself to living things. ..things that breathe and things that grow. Can you honestly tell me some living things have absolutely no value?" Yes. I can. And here's mv list: INFANT CHILD MOLESTERS: Last week a Tooele County man was charged with one count of rape, two counts of sodomy and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse on can you believe it a baby. The man even videotaped the rape, causing a police Sound walls are really just prison walls Editor: If you think this is a good idea, why not build prison walls along State Street. 7th East, 13th East, Broadway in New York City. Market Street in San Francisco, or the light rail system. (By the way. I am 100 percent in favor of light rail.) Are people aware that light rail extended not only from SLC to Ogden, but also to Provo and Logan? Why didn't they build prison walls along freeways 10, 20 or 30 years Office hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday 0 Phone: 4 Fax: eztalkclippertoday.com 547-980- 547-137- Clipper Today is published every Thursday and distributed to residents of Kaysville, Fruit Heights, Layton, Clearfield, Clinton, Syracuse, Sunset West Point and South Weber. The views expressed in the letters and columns on this page are those of their authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the ownership, management or staff of Clipper Today. ago? Prison walls are senseless, degrading, unsightly, depressing, ugly (in spite of the pretty little wave marks they put along the top of them). Its beautiful and soothing to look at the sides of the freeways and see the beautiful houses, trees, motels, schools, the old theater in the round, the sagebrush and the Great Salt Lake and the mountains. Also, don't build berms. They are less ugly but they cut off the view Total circulation in excess of 38,000 copies. Publisher: R. Gail Stable Editors: RolfD. Koecher, Tom Busselbcrg Sales: Martin Ehman , Aaron Glauser, Judy Hammerschmidt also. The home owners who stand the sight or sound of the I well-to-d- o cant freeway should build their own Display advertising deadline: Friday, 5 p.m. Camera-read- y ad deadline: Monday, 5 p.m. Classified advertising deadline: Tuesday, 10 a.m. 3 detective who saw the video to prison walls around their homes, or they should move to Ibapah, Utah. Where the heck is Ibapah? It's at the foot of Ibapah Peak, and the silence I'll never be the same. If such child molesters are convicted, my suggestion is to sentence them to a form of punishment; maybe pouring gasoline down their throat and then entering them in a circus contest. WASPS AND HORNETS: No one who has ever tried to relax on a patio can argue with my contention that these insects have no purpose in the universe other than to frustrate grown men sipping lemonade. I doubt very much that a wasp belly will ever contain serum to prevent cancer; I feel strongly that hornets wings will never be an ingredient to eliminate the flu. exclaim, fire-eati- cakes. barriers). Published by Clipper Publishing Co. 197 North Main Layton, Utah 84041 Putting anchovies on pizza is like tossing hot chocolate on a Many years ago in Germany, Mr. Reagan said; Gorbachev, tear down this wall. In a similar vein I would like to say: Mr. Head Honcho of UDOT, tear down these walls these prison walls. (noise Complete North Davis coverage from Kaysville to Sunset non-hunt- species like songbirds (currently, 90 President ClipperToday money available without having to have political battles each year appropriating it somewhere else. These bills will protect rural jobs, and promote recreation and conservation. They will provide funding that will help us deal with urban sprawl and create urban parks. They will provide funding for the beach areas of the Great Salt Lake and coastal states, mitigating the environ- Therefore, I have no problem spraying my own private ecosystem space in an attempt to make these flying beasts gasp and fall to an unforgiving pavement. And I'm not against splattering one against the wall either. ANCHOVIES: Theres supposedly a noble history behind anchovies, and to this day the bulk of our anchovies come from a Spanish practice of peasant women salting the fish and preparing it in a special wrapping on white European sand. Hogwash! All an time-honor- is deafening and the out of doors is endless. If you want to know more about Ibapah, call me at I love city life, and I also love the I spent five years great in the Navy during World War II in Korea. A lot of that time was on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. About five years of my early life I lived in 295-183- 3. row houses in Washington, D.C., Chicago and San Francisco. In a row house you open the front door and you are right on the sidewalk and the busy street. It was a fun life. Later for 17 years I was a Boy Scout leader. We spent much time camping in the Wind River Mountains, the Uinta Mountains and the mountains by Bryce Canyon. I grew up in Ogden in the 20s, 30s and 40s and I have lived in Bountiful for 44 years. When I was 69 I climbed to the top of Ben Lomond Peak with my two sons. I live just off 5th South, where there is heavy traffic, including trucks and ambulances. I don't mind the noise at all. Last week I telephoned an old friend of mine in Farmington, a consulting engineer. He agrees with me concerning these prison walls. This consulting engineer says that UDOT has the money to build the prison walls, so they feel they might as well build them. What a dumb bit of reasoning. Is this the way our tax money should be spent? Are you planning to build prison walls along the Mountain Road past Fruit I Ieights and ruin the view of the mountains, hills, valleys and Greet Salt Lake? Do you realize that the Wasatch close to a microphone. SNAILS: Okay, call them escargot if you wish; to me, they are still silly creatures filled with protein and absolutely no taste. A snail simply takes on the flavor of whatever its prepared with; along with it being bland, it has no texture, making it runner-u- p to a soggy multi-grai- n Cheerio. VIOLENT HATEMONGERS: These folks make the nightly news at least once pier month, either by dragging black adults behind cars on bumpy rural roads or mutilating homosexuals. As human beings, these hatemongers are worthless. Only as human pinatas, will these jerks serve a purpose. STINKWEED: Is it a plant? No, it's an atrocity. Our planet is not enriched by it and our front yards are not aesthetically elevated by it. So go get the chemical spray gun! The woman in the bank will probably not endorse my list of valueless beings. She's more concerned with assuring that dragonflies are not exterminated by Nissan Pathfinders. Of course, I know one thing that would help her change her mind: Make her drive to Salt Lake city every single day at morning rush hour. Front is one of the large population centers in the United States and is getting larger all the time? Are you trying to keep the rural feeling by building prison walls? Who has the biggest voice the o home owners or the millions of freeway drivers. And what will out of state drivers think of Salt Lake City and surrounding country when they cant even see it? well-to-d- Lastly, let's build Legacy Highway, but without prison walls. My wife and I drove to downtown Salt Lake City and back. It was extremely depressing. Those walls are ruining the personality of Utah. I wonder what Brigham Young would have said. Ronald F. Hubbard Bountiful Actions of others hurt great production Editor I attended Rodgers Memorial Theatre's production of Phantom on Monday, October 25, and feel that I need to comment on a few aspects of the performance. First, the production itself was outstanding. It was as well done as many of the plays I have seen done at Pioneer Memorial Theatre and the Utah Shakespearean Festival, especially considering RMTs relatively limited resources. I am a season ticket holder to RMT and every show I have seen, while not always the caliber of Phantom, has been a bargain for the price of admission. However, low ticket prices should be no excuse for low standards of professionalism, which were shown by both the theater management and the audience. My family and I, along with about half of the audience, were in our seats ready for the play to begin at 7:30 p.m., the time which was printed on our tickets. The rest of the patrons slowly trickled in, and the overture finally began at 7:50. It does not matter how many seats are empty or how many people are still aiming in, starting a play twenty minutes late is totally inexcusable. Perhaps if the play started on time, people would realize that tardiness is not acceptable and there would not be so many latecomers for the next performance. Another thing that was very irritating was the noise aiming from the audience. Beeping watches, the rustling of candy wrappers, and the rattling of ice in drinks are very distracting. especially during a play as charged with emotion as Phantom. A simple announcement asking peo- ple to turn off the alarms on their watches and remove the noisy wrap- pers from their candy prior to the show would go a long way in cutting down the unnecessary noise. Also, while I realize that I attend Monday night performances and I should expect a large number of families in the audience, I was shocked at the amount of talking that was going on during the performance. If a child (or adult) cannot sit still without talking for the duration of the play, he or she should not be there. It was distracting and disrespectful to the rest of the audience and the actors. I am all for getting children involved in the arts when they are young. I believe the arts should be an integral part of everyones life, but proper manners for a member of the audience must be taught, and children can learn. When I saw Beauty and the Beast on Broadway, there were a large number of children in the audience, but they were very it was obvious they had been taught how to act in a theater. On a family vacation a few years ago, we took my then son to see The Phantom of the Opera in San Francisco. Before we went, we told him exactly what was expected of him, and he was on his best behavior the entire night. He loves going to the theater, but even he was affected by the disturbances Monday night Frankly, the numerous distractions and the late start time were the only reasons I did not give well-behave- d; Legislation affords historic opportunity Editor We have a historic opportunity to provide secure, long-terfunding at m the state and federal levels for wildlife and open spaces. A rare opportunity to protect resources for our children and grandchildren. This year Republicans and Democrats in both houses of congress are sponsoring legislation to permanently provide significant rev- enues for state and federal open space programs. This money is not coming from our taxes, but from a portion of the royalties from off shore drilling leasing. This money was originally earmarked in 1965 for conservation, recreation, and parks but has been used each year for the whims of the legislators; they even stopped all funding to states in 1995. These bills will put the money back where it was intended to go, m;iking funding available back to the ld Phantom a standing ovation, because the actors certainly deserved one. It is a shame when a wonderful production does not get the attention it deserves and the praise it is worth because of the actions of others. I would love to continue supporting RMT because I believe they have an excellent product, but when I go to a play and cannot enjoy it to its full potential, I question whether or not it is worth it. Ruth Cannon Boiuitifid poor c |